If-Then-Else Conditionals and Branching gives Grade 6 Computer Science students focused practice with programming fundamentals: how a program checks a condition, makes a decision, and follows one branch instead of another. Students work with the vocabulary conditional, branch, rule, and decision while learning to trace logic and predict what happens next. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

From vocabulary to program decisions

The worksheet moves beyond simple definitions by asking students to identify which path a program will take when a condition is given, use if-then-else logic to predict outputs for different inputs, and explain how rules control branching scenarios. This makes it useful for introducing decision-making in code, reinforcing a lesson on programming logic, or checking whether students can follow a branch correctly.

Student practice included

• Multiple-choice questions for recognizing and applying conditional logic
• True or false statements to check key ideas and misconceptions
• Short-answer responses that require students to explain their reasoning
• A dialogue task that puts programming decisions into a conversational context
• A matching activity for connecting related ideas
• A cloze passage for reviewing topic language in context
• A labeled diagram for interpreting a branching structure visually
• A reading passage that develops understanding through context
• An essay prompt for extended explanation of conditional decision-making

Teacher support is included

A separate Teacher Guide PDF provides learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes. These supports make it easier to introduce the lesson, prompt class discussion, anticipate confusion, and review the same core ideas before or after students complete the worksheet.

Flexible classroom use

Use this Grade 6 programming worksheet for guided practice after teaching conditionals, independent classwork, homework, review, or a quick formative check. The combination of visual interpretation, selected-response questions, short explanations, reading, and extended writing gives students several ways to show what they know without shifting away from the central skill: following if-then-else branches and predicting program behavior.

For teachers building a programming fundamentals unit, this resource offers a focused bridge between basic coding vocabulary and algorithmic decision-making. Students repeatedly apply the same core logic in different task formats, helping you see whether they can recognize a condition, follow the correct branch, predict an output, and explain why a rule leads to that result.